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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google to issue new guidelines emphasizing that developers must use Google's own billing service for in-app purchases and subscriptions in Play Store — - Google and Apple's 30% cut of purchases is under scrutiny — Google to update developer rules to emphasize requirement
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XDA Developers, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Android Police, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, Wccftech, iDownloadBlog.com, Android Central, SlashGear, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @markgurman, @business, @markgurman, @somospostpc, @campuscodi, @stroughtonsmith, @jamestitcomb, @cryptobabel, @ichetan, and @cryptobabel
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Leaked email: Google informed its advertisers on Friday that it will block election ads referencing “the election, or its outcome” after polls close on Nov. 3 — Google informed its advertisers Friday that it will broadly block election ads after polls close Nov. 3, according to an email obtained by Axios.
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CNET, Reuters, NBC News, Bloomberg, Politico, Adweek, CNBC, The Verge, Engadget, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @iamamnanawaz, @joshsternberg, @sarafischer, and @jigolden
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Apple has agreed to allow Facebook to process payments for its paid online events feature via Facebook Pay, without taking a 30% cut, until December 31 — Last month, Facebook introduced support for paid online events — and since many of the businesses offering those events have struggled during …
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The Verge, VentureBeat, Vox, Reuters, CNBC, MacRumors, Bloomberg, Neowin, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, Variety, Adweek, Engadget, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @alexeheath, @sal19, @stevekovach, @stevekovach, @rihardjarc, @stevekovach, @ukituki, @jhuckaby, @alexhern, and @mattnavarra
| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Alphabet settles shareholder lawsuit over its handling of sexual harassment claims, agrees to eliminate mandatory arbitration and limit Google's use of NDAs — - Alphabet has reached a settlement with shareholders in a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct mishandling and cover-up by executives …
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New York Times, The Keyword, The Verge, CNET, and Reuters
Tweets: @daiwaka, @annmravel, @gregbensinger, @martinvars, @heathr, @kateconger, @lizthegrey, @hshaban, and @jenn_elias
| Alex Heath / The Information: |
Stan Chudnovsky, head of Messenger at Facebook, says Facebook has asked Apple for years to give users an option to make Messenger the default iOS messaging app — Facebook executives have sharply ramped up their criticism of Apple in recent months, contesting the iPhone maker's restrictions …
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9to5Mac, The Verge, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, MacRumors, AppleInsider, TidBITS, MacDailyNews, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Engadget, iDownloadBlog.com, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @petekinser, @bergmayer, @yoda, @caseynewton, @cebsilver, @pkafka, @stevesi, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
The European Commission says it will appeal the July 2020 ruling that reversed the original $15B fine against Apple and Ireland over State Aid and taxes — It's not over until it's over for Apple and its ongoing tax headache in Europe. Today the European Commission announced that it plans …
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European Commission, Reuters, The Guardian, CNBC, The Irish Times, FOSS Patents, The Hill, BBC, iMore, Silicon Republic, Fortune, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, Neowin, Engadget, Reuters, MacRumors, Tech Xplore, The Irish Times, and TheStreet
Tweets: @vestager, @bobbymcdonagh1, @meme_ec, and @conoraon
| Kate Cox / Ars Technica: |
Former director at Facebook, Tim Kendall, told Congress Facebook “took a page from Big Tobacco's playbook, working to make our offering addictive at the outset” — “At worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war,” he added.
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House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Tweets: @b_fung, @rmac18, @brandee, @danriffle, @safiyanoble, @seanilling, @jonippolito, @garossino, @slpng_giants, @markruffalo, and @matthewstoller
| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
A group of about 25 experts say they have formed the Real Facebook Oversight Board, a group to analyze and critique Facebook's content moderation decisions — Some of Facebook's most vocal critics are tired of waiting for its independent oversight board — so they're starting their own.
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Axios, The Hill, The Verge, and Reuters
Tweets: @carolecadwalla, @rmac18, @fboversight, @evelyndouek, @oliviasolon, @davegershgorn, @carolecadwalla, @monikabauerlein, @charlesarthur, @carolecadwalla, @lfdodds, @evan_greer, @karlitaliliana, @jason_kint, @jstrauss, @rasmus_kleis, @apar1984, @freepress, @justinhendrix, @chrismessina, and @caseynewton. Thanks:@william_fitz
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Within3, an Ohio-based collaboration and communication service for the biotech and pharma industries, raises over $100M from Insight Partners and others — Within3, a collaboration and communication service for the biotech and pharma industries, has raised over $100 million in new financing, the company said.
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FinSMEs, Plain Dealer, PitchBook, Business Wire, and Yahoo Finance
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Justice Department asks a federal judge to allow the government to bar Apple and Google from offering WeChat for download in US app stores pending an appeal — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge in San Francisco early on Friday to allow the government …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter has emailed developers warning that it may have exposed their private app keys and account tokens due to a bug that stored them in browser caches — Twitter has emailed developers warning of a bug that may have exposed their private app keys and account tokens.| Nelson Bocanegra / Reuters: |
Colombia-based delivery app Rappi has raised over $300M from T. Rowe Price and others — BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian all-purpose delivery app Rappi has raised over $300 million (£235.3 million) in a funding round that saw interest from T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc, among others, the company said on Thursday.
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| Katharine Schwab / Fast Company: |
Humane raises a $30M Series A led by Sam Altman and Lachy Groom, with Marc Benioff and others participating, to build some new kind of computing platform — Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno helped create some of Apple's biggest hits. Now their startup Humane is at work on something ambitious—and mysterious.
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FinSMEs and PR Newswire
| Jessica Conditt / Engadget: |
Amazon announces Luna cloud gaming service, going live in October for $5.99/month, with a gamepad and support for Fire TV, PC, Mac, iOS, and later for Android — Spoiler: It's not a native iOS app. — 4m ago — Luna is what happens when you take the subscription model of Prime Video …
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Amazon Luna, The Verge, Amazon.com, Inc., 9to5Google, Financial Times, The Verge, International Business Times, The Verge, Ars Technica, The Verge, DISPLAYBLOG, Android Central, Ubisoft, GeekWire, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, iPhone in Canada Blog, MCV/DEVELOP, CNBC, Silicon Republic, OnMSFT.com, Pocket-lint, ExtremeTech, XDA Developers, and TechRadar
Tweets: @jasonschreier, @firt, @gartenberg, @backlon, @backlon, @jessassin, @hackapreneur, @duckvalentine, @hodapp, @rossrubin, @skillupyt, and @danthat
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: ahead of public market debut on Sept. 30, Palantir has told investors that its shares could start trading at $10 apiece, valuing the company ~$22B — Bankers have told investors stock could start trading at around $10, sources say — Palantir Technologies Inc. is expected to fetch …
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The Guardian, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, and Crunchbase News
Tweets: @realmikelarson, @smbrnsn, @shitfund, and @eliotwb
| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Interview with Dantley Davis, Twitter's chief design officer, on building diverse and inclusive design teams in tech — When Dantley Davis worked as a designer at Netflix a few years back, he had an epiphany: For ages, “Star Wars” had been marketed as a sci-fi saga. But what if it could also be a princess story?
Tweets: @godisrivera, @protocol, @twittercareers, @d_lux_brand, @steven_aquino, @jank0, and @jordanellyse
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple confirms it had acquired cross-platform podcast app Scout FM, which created podcast stations for users based on listening history, before shutting it down — - Company acquired Scout FM earlier this year in podcasting push — Acquisition continues rapid pace of Apple deals this year
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Apple Must, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, Engadget, Patently Apple, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @gartenberg and @brianroemmele
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says its test to prompt users to read articles before retweeting was a success, with users opening articles 40% more and sometimes opting not to retweet — Twitter's experiment to get people to actually read the content they're sharing is going so well the company plans to expand it to the platform at large “very soon.”
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The Verge, Gizmodo, Nieman Lab, TechRadar, Android Headlines, Engadget, Wccftech, 9to5Google, Pocketnow, Mashable, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @twittercomms, @twittercomms, @twittercomms, @suzannexie, @froomkin, @scalzi, @techzim, @codinghorror, @moniquemeche, @abbyfuller, @miserabletop, @kantrowitz, @robinwauters, @kayvz, @gisellalomax, @scottlincicome, @bborrman, @mikamckinnon, @niedsg, @kuzmanovica, @manishm, @nikkastar, and @jesselehrich
| Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: |
Facebook says it removed 200+ accounts Thursday that were associated with US election interference in the past, “including those involved in DC leaks in 2016” — Facebook on Thursday removed over 200 phony accounts and dozens of pages that originated in Russia and pumped …
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About Facebook, Graphika, Engadget, The Daily Beast, TechRepublic, DFRLab, and The Hill
Tweets: @benyt, @noupside, @camillefrancois, @alexstamos, @edbott, @kendilaniannbc, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @alexstamos, @charles_lister, @elizrael, and @ngleicher
| Andrew Martin / Bloomberg: |
CISA: a hacker accessed the network of an unnamed US federal agency using valid credentials for multiple users' Microsoft 365 accounts and domain admin accounts — An unnamed U.S. federal agency was hit with a cyber-attack after a hacker used valid access credentials, authorities said on Thursday.
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us-cert.cisa.gov, ZDNet, Nextgov, Security Affairs, SecurityWeek, and Federal Computer Week
Tweets: @ericgeller and @kimzetter
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